The Victorian Government grants for 2022-23 aim to provide local road safety interventions to reduce injuries and deaths on the roads.
“We’re empowering local communities to help tackle road safety challenges in their area and educating some of our youngest Victorians,” Roads and Road Safety Minister Ben Carroll said.
“Supporting grassroots road safety initiatives is vital as we work to address the issues driving road trauma — including fatigue and high-risk driver behaviour such as speeding and drink driving.”
In 2021, 72 organisations received funding to deliver more than 200 projects, such as Safer Drivers and Passengers, Bike Education for children, Safe Routes to School and road safety for new arrivals.
The grants program is part of a strategy aiming to halve road deaths and reduce serious injuries by 2030, with a future goal of eliminating road deaths in the state by 2050.
“These grants will help deliver hundreds of programs and invaluable road safety messages in our smaller regional communities, Melbourne and right across the state,” Road Safety Victoria executive director Carl Muller said.
“We encourage local communities to apply and equip themselves with the knowledge and skills to be safe on our roads — to help all Victorians get to where they’re going safely.”
For information visit www.vicroads.vic.gov.au
Applications close on Wednesday, March 9.
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